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Civil Rights Movement: Segregation (Lesson Plan (2-3 days) with Supporting Material (Original Stories: 1935 Back of the Bus, 1945 Welcome Home, 1955 Rosa Parks)

All About Kwanzaa (text) & Presentation in PowerPoint format


Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes  (3-4 days, see also Poetry Slam)

 

African-American History

FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format 
& Free Activities for Kids
 

Civil Rights Movement (lesson plans, units)

African American History Month

Black History Month, Activities for Kids (Scholastic)  

African America Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

Lesson Plans from Philadelphia Schools

Africans in America (PBS)

AFRO-American Almanac

African American Mosaic

The Dred Scott Case

A Civil Rights Sojourn  


Slavery in America

The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial - 1839, Slavery

The Amistad Case: Teaching Activities

Amistad Slavery Links

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

History/Slavery UNITS  

Slavery 1840 through 1960   


Civil War & Reconstruction

The Civil War 

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South

The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow

Jim Crow Background

From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - the African-American Experience (Library of Congress)


20th Century

African American History and Heritage Site

African and African American K-12 Educational Resources

NAACP Homepage

History/African American UNITS

African American History

The African American mosaic (Study of Black History & Culture)


Civil Rights Movement

 

Civil Rights: Segregation (Donn, 2-3 days)
Back of the Bus
Welcome Home
Rosa Parks

Riding the Bus, Taking a Stand (1 week unit)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson Plans & Activities (Donn)

Civil Rights Movement (Donn, lessons, units)

Six Lessons from Jena (resource) 


Some Famous African Americans

Black History Month (Biography on A&E)

Booker T Washington UNIT  

Barbara Jordan UNIT

Rosa Parks  

Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges

Sojourner Truth (Women's Suffrage Movement)  

Mary McLeod Bethune (African-American educator)

Andrew Young

Frederick Douglass Mini-Unit

George Washington Carver Mini-Unit

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois (celebrated debate)

Jackie Robinson 

Famous African Americans (Thinkquest)

Martin Luther King, Jr

Harriet Tubman 


African American Literature

Anansi Tales and other stories from Africa (lessons, fables - Donn)

African-American Story Tellers UNIT (5-8th grade)

Black Folktales  

African American Poets Lessons (grades 10-12)

Literature & Life: The Givens Collection

Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children’s Literature


Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes (Donn, 3-4 days)

Harlem (1900-1940) with Teachers Guide

Interactive Games & Activities


Match African Americans with the events that made them famous

Free Kwanzaa Games

Free Clip Art






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Have a great year!